Monday, May 20, 2013

Watching the coverage of the Oklahoma tornado devastation has brought back memories.

June 2, 1998

An F-4 tornado swept through the sleepy town of Eckhart, Maryland just a mile from my home.

My husband (at the time) and my three children and guinea pig were hunkered down in our cellar, praying.

Sirens sounded. Lights went out. Phone service stopped.

Darkness. Loud freight train-like sound.

Fear.

Then, relief.

I will never forget my drive to work the next day. Words do not come easy for the feeling that came over me as I swallowed hard trying to get rid of the lump

in my throat.

Trees were uprooted and houses pulled apart and strewn throughout the town. There was an eerie presence. One I've not felt again since that day.

The only word that would come close to describing what I felt that cool, quiet morning after - was Reverence.

God had touched our land in an angry way.

At that time in my life I was thinking

(after almost 20 years of marriage) of divorce.

I was being lured away from all that was right.

And I wondered... Was God speaking to me? Were there others He was trying to reach as well?

Is this how He gets our attention?

Who can understand The One who created Heaven and Earth? Who can know His plan? His Will? His displeasure with what we are doing with our lives?

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God's ways are not our ways... so I will not even try to comprehend... But one thing I do know... is that the innocent ones who lost their lives will be in Heaven.

Life and death is unpredictable.

Revelation 21:4 And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

We visited a place called Q-Mart where there was a little bit of this and a little bit of that. The candy store (above) had the sweetest smell! It took me back to my childhood days of filling up little paper sacks with 10 cents worth of penny candy.

We stayed in a suite at the Hampton Inn in Bethlehem, PA and it was very nice. The only problem was, the bed was soft and I don't rest well unless I have a firm mattress.

We took Gary's Mom out for Mother's Day brunch on Sunday morning before we left to come home.

Waiting at home for me was all kinds of Mother's Day goodies.

And a dog who wanted to know:

"WHAT WERE YOU THINKING!!! LEAVING ME ALL ALONE ON A STORMY WEEKEND?!"

*** don't feel too sorry for the dog. Lindsey and Rissi take really good care of her while we are away and they visit often to let her out and fill her bowls to overflowing with food and water

Tuesday, May 7, 2013

While there, we received 13 CEU's, enjoyed really good food, met some interesting people, and learned a lot.

In the interesting people category, we met a mother, father and son from Bethlehem, Pa. A handsome, well mannered family, whom we were drawn to...

The type of people you meet and feel like you have

known all your life.... Gary gave them a copy of my book and they were so appreciative and thanked us over and over again.

What intrigued me the most about this family was the son, who was exceptional in looks, manners, and respect. It blessed my heart to see this young man following in his parents footsteps and becoming a successful business person. But what I did not know, until I returned home and Googled him, is that this young man is a musician as well.

This guy is going to be famous someday! He has everything it takes: Talent, confidence, perseverance, good looks, dedication, drive, and a heart for God.

One day I will say... " you mean Blaise Delfino? Oh, yes... I know him!"

Now, picture this: Gary and I sitting on the dusty floor of a place called the Living Room in Stroudsburg, Pa. ... waiting to see Blaise do his set, and making it through a set of Scream-o that just about killed my eardrum > Yikes! And enjoying some other young people with amazing talent as well.

Yes, I needed help getting up when it was all over. LOL!

We are Blaise's Golden Groupies.

Check out this talent: (the second video is the one I took from the floor of the Living Room)

Monday, May 6, 2013

If I could make days last foreverIf words could make wishes come trueI'd save every day like a treasure and then,Again, I would spend them with youBut there never seems to be enough timeTo do the things you want to doOnce you find themI've looked around enough to knowThat you're the one I want to goThrough time withIf I had a box just for wishesAnd dreams that had never come trueThe box would be emptyExcept for the memoryOf how they were answered by youBut there never seems to be enough timeTo do the things you want to doOnce you find themI've looked around enough to knowThat you're the one I want to go

Through time with....

"Glad I was included in this post... but it would have meant a lot more to me if I would have been invited to dinner with the rest. Hmph!"